# 1504 59th Street, Brooklyn

Two-family · built 1960 · Block 5509, Lot 8.

On Umarelli: https://umarelli.org/nyc/3055090008/1504-59-street

More construction in Borough Park: https://umarelli.org/nyc/brooklyn/borough-park.md

Every lot on block 5509: https://umarelli.org/nyc/brooklyn/5509.md

## Building permits

- Alteration, filed Mar 11, 2024, estimated cost $145K, described as “Herewith filing for interior renovation, with horizontal enlargements, to existing three (3) stories and cellar two (2) family dwelling unit building”

## Property taxes

- Assessment: $204,660
- 2026–27 tax: $5,802
- Market value (city estimate): $3,411,000
- Taxable value: $29,238
- Assessed land: $34,980
- Assessed improvements: $169,680

## Tax breaks

- Nonprofit exemption (parsonage), with no end date, about $5,947 a year below the full tax.
- Nonprofit exemption (house of worship), with no end date, about $10,024 a year below the full tax.

## Zoning

R5: floor area ratio 1.59 built, above the 1.50 base zoning allows, which bonuses, transfers or older rules can permit.

## Flood zone

Current FEMA flood map: zone X, minimal flood hazard.

## Board and land use applications

- Brooklyn Yards (City Planning 2021K0161): Zoning map change, Zoning text change, Special permit, Authorization, Completed, decided Nov 21, 2024. This is a private application by Brooklyn Yards Development LLC requesting a ZM (M1-1 and R5 to C4-5, R6 and R6/C2-4); ZR to Appendix F (MIH) & I; ZS’s (74-743, 74-745, 74-533, and 74-681); and ZA’s (25-82 and 36-72) to facilitate a new…

From New York City and Jersey City public records, refreshed within a day of each release. Sources: https://umarelli.org/sources. Methodology and corrections: https://umarelli.org/methodology